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Rommel's Tobruk Gains and North Africa Push In War Week

During the week of June 21 Rommel’s Afrika Korps broke Tobruk defenses and advanced toward the Egyptian frontier. US bombers hit Bengasi, aiming to disrupt Rommel’s supply lines as UK and Empire forces brace for possible withdrawal to Matruh. In Russia, Sevastopol withstood heavy assault, while Kharkov and the Caucasus loom as new theaters in Hitler’s spring drive. Pacific actions were minor with Japanese dive and coastal shelling, as US air and naval forces press counterstrokes across the theater.